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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread honorable and humorous #179598 10/13/2008 7:15 PM Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 6 andy j stranger andy j stranger Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 6 Is there a word that describes a person who is honorable, yet funny-bone tickling humourous? This describes my loving father. Thanks. andy Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: honorable and humorous andy j #179599 10/13/2008 10:51 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803  Originally Posted By: andy j honorable, yet funny-bone tickling humourous? Thanks. andy This construction, X, yet Y, implies to me a disconnect of some sort between X and Y. I don't see any disconnect between honorable and humorous. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: honorable and humorous andy j #179600 10/14/2008 2:15 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Hi, Andy, and welcome. I could be wrong, but I don't think there is one word that combines these two traits. The closest I know of is seriocomic, which means partly serious and partly comic (from yourdictionary.com), which as you can see doesn't fit the bill. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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